Monday, July 7, 2003
According to this, British rag The Guardian is coming to America.
The article is mostly tripe, best encapsulated by this quote:
Uh, yeah...you keep thinking that.
Anyway, point is, the paper is coming - with 60% content from the British version and the rest home-grown here in the US.
My reaction: While leftists delude themselves into the self-important fantasy that their dissent is being silenced, and that the arrival of a paper like The Guardian will help get the message out, the fact is that the leftist voice is already widely available - Americans just aren't buying into it. It's the message, stupid. The impact won't be all that significant, outside of the fact that some of the TV media may pick up more of their stories. They'll be around in some form for some time regardless of readership though, as profit isn't a big worry for them for reasons found in the article.